Where can I take a selfie with kangaroos in Australia?

Where can I take a selfie with kangaroos in Australia? - 
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I see a lot of people doing this. I believe this is not safe, isn't it?

Where can I do this?



Best Answer

It depends on how close you intend on getting for your selfies. If you insist on approaching closely, I would only do so in a controlled environment. If you're willing to have your selfie with the kangaroos a dozen or more metres in the background, you'll be fine.

As to where you're able to do so, just about every major town or tourist location has some location where you can get close to kangaroos - patting or hand feeding, either of which would allow selfie opportunities. Some examples include:

Searching specifically for whereever you may be visiting would almost undoubtedly find somewhere, as all international airports and ports would have somewhere within an hour or less.

Of course, you could just go golfing.

Mareeba Golf Course

Mareeba Golf Course. Credit: Sweetwater Lodge

Yamba Golf Course

Yamba Golf Course. Credit: Shelley Street Beach House

Anglesea Golf Course

Anglesea Golf Course. Credit: Anglesea Golf Club




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Where can you hold a kangaroo in Australia?

If you've always wanted to hold a kangaroo, head to Koala Park Sanctuary, half an hour drive from Sydney. Apart from koalas, the sanctuary is home to red and grey kangaroos, wombats, and several wallaby species.

Can you get close to kangaroos?

Enjoy your kangaroos or wallabies \u2013 but from a distance. If you see one, stay away from it and watch how it behaves. If it moves toward you, or shows signs of being aggressive, move away (even if it is only looking for food or human contact, a kangaroo or wallaby may still become aggressive).

Where can I touch a kangaroo in Sydney?

The good answer is yes, you can pat and feed kangaroos at Featherdale Wildlife Park Sydney. In fact, Featherdale is one of the best places where you can do something like that in Sydney and New South Wales.

Are there any zoos with kangaroos?

Sacramento Zoo houses more than 500 animals representing 130 species, among them yellow-footed rock wallabies and red kangaroos.



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Answer 2

The Cairns Tropical Zoo has a Kangaroo enclosure:

Spend time in our kangaroo area. Around 60 tame Eastern Grey kangaroos spend their day meeting visitors, eating from your hand and lazing in the heat of the day.

I can confirm that they will let you get relatively close if they are in the right mood, but not necessarily for the kind of "hugging" selfie you'd take with a human.

Answer 3

The Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Brisbane also has a kangaroo enclosure where you can hand-feed kangaroos, including (according to their website) Red Kangaroos and Eastern Grey Kangaroos. I visited many years ago and can confirm that they will eat out of your hand; however, selfies were not a thing then, and so I didn't try to take one.

Answer 4

If you are traveling to Melbourne, I recommend you visit Healesville Sanctuary, it's about an hour east of Melbourne, they have Kangaroo's they are quite used to people.

http://www.zoo.org.au/healesville/animals

Answer 5

I went to the Featherdale Wildlife Park outside of Sydney when I was about 16. It was great and plenty of exotic(by my standards) animals running around that could be fed and touched. However, I don't recall any kangaroos that were free roaming in the park, I think they were all in enclosed spaces, but plenty of small wallabies running around like goons.

Answer 6

Featherdale in Sydney has wallabies and possibly roos. Bonorong, just outside Hobart, has both. In fact, they give you a bag of food for them upon entry. They seem to be very people friendly and don't mind you petting them.

Answer 7

Cleland Wildlife Park in Adelaide has tame Kangaroos for selfies.

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